REPORT: The number of children in the city's subsidized child care programs has been shrinking in recent years with the implementation of Early Learn and the increased availability of pre-k for 4-year-olds and after-school programs for school-age children that offer alternatives to traditional child care. We look at the changes over the past five years-and with an eye towards new initiatives such as 3-K for All that could present further challenges to the traditional child care programs.
Efforts to rezone elementary schools to increase socioeconomic integration and ease overcrowding can spark vigorous debate in the affected communities. But admissions methods vary across the 32 school districts, and even among individual schools within districts.
The number of students in the city’s public schools who lived for some part of the school year in New York’s homeless shelters during school year 2015-2016 rose by more than 4,000, or 15 percent, over the preceding year to nearly 33,000.
Using an annual sample of 770,000 personal income tax returns, IBO explored the distribution of income among New York City residents during the years 2006 through 2014.
The city’s diminishing stock of rent-stabilized apartments is highly sought after by prospective tenants because these regulated units often rent at below-market rates and offer a variety of tenant protections including the right to lease renewal.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The de Blasio Administration has repeatedly said it planned to increase the number of civilians in the police department so that highly trained officers are not doing administrative tasks that could be performed by others. Although civilianization could help augment patrol strength and cut back on the need for overtime for uniformed officers, the hiring of civilians continues to lag.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: Mayor de Blasio adds city funds to latest capital commitment plan for repairs of the East River bridges and to repave city streets
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: The Governor's budget includes three changes that would reduce the amount of state funding that goes to the city's Administration for Children's Services. While one change is applicable statewide, the two other changes are aimed only at New York City.
FOCUS ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET: As the city opens new marine transfer stations for processing and shipping trash to landfills, the cost for long-term export contracts is rising.